Hi all,

I've been looking at getting a bugg (boston terrier/pug cross) but I've
been told this cross breed needs more attention than I can give it.

This sounds a little hokey to me.

I'm a single guy who works full time so five days out of the week I'm out
of the house for 8 hours. I can provide a dog-sitter for the first month
or so. I can provide lots of stimulating doggie toys in a reasonably sized
exercise pen.

Can anyone tell me if I'm being fed a load of horse hockey or is this
really a legitimate concern?

Brian O'Blivion wrote:
Hi all,

I've been looking at getting a bugg (boston terrier/pug cross) but
I've been told this cross breed needs more attention than I can give
it.

This sounds a little hokey to me.

I'm a single guy who works full time so five days out of the week I'm
out of the house for 8 hours. I can provide a dog-sitter for the
first month or so. I can provide lots of stimulating doggie toys in
a reasonably sized exercise pen.

Can anyone tell me if I'm being fed a load of horse hockey or is this
really a legitimate concern?

take it to a vet.


HTH

--
Phil L
RSRL Tipster Of The Year 2008

"Phil L" wrote in news:zAkjl.31732$Sp5.3874
@text.news.virginmedia.com:

Brian O'Blivion wrote:
Hi all,

I've been looking at getting a bugg (boston terrier/pug cross) but
I've been told this cross breed needs more attention than I can give
it.

This sounds a little hokey to me.

I'm a single guy who works full time so five days out of the week I'm
out of the house for 8 hours. I can provide a dog-sitter for the
first month or so. I can provide lots of stimulating doggie toys in
a reasonably sized exercise pen.

Can anyone tell me if I'm being fed a load of horse hockey or is this
really a legitimate concern?

take it to a vet.


HTH


You know something sport? Your dog has two assholes... and you're one
of them.

Take that to a vet.

Brian O'Blivion wrote:
"Phil L" wrote in news:zAkjl.31732$Sp5.3874
@text.news.virginmedia.com:

Brian O'Blivion wrote:
Hi all,

I've been looking at getting a bugg (boston terrier/pug cross) but
I've been told this cross breed needs more attention than I can give
it.

This sounds a little hokey to me.

I'm a single guy who works full time so five days out of the week
I'm out of the house for 8 hours. I can provide a dog-sitter for
the first month or so. I can provide lots of stimulating doggie
toys in a reasonably sized exercise pen.

Can anyone tell me if I'm being fed a load of horse hockey or is
this really a legitimate concern?

take it to a vet.


HTH


You know something sport? Your dog has two assholes... and you're one
of them.

Take that to a vet.

Cheers! - I'm just giving you the advice that the regulars here dish out
daily to every post, so expect to be demonized and then asked if you are a
vet.

--
Phil L
RSRL Tipster Of The Year 2008

"Phil L" wrote in
om:

Brian O'Blivion wrote:
"Phil L" wrote in
news:zAkjl.31732$Sp5.3874 @text.news.virginmedia.com:

Brian O'Blivion wrote:
Hi all,

I've been looking at getting a bugg (boston terrier/pug cross) but
I've been told this cross breed needs more attention than I can
give it.

This sounds a little hokey to me.

I'm a single guy who works full time so five days out of the week
I'm out of the house for 8 hours. I can provide a dog-sitter for
the first month or so. I can provide lots of stimulating doggie
toys in a reasonably sized exercise pen.

Can anyone tell me if I'm being fed a load of horse hockey or is
this really a legitimate concern?

take it to a vet.


HTH


You know something sport? Your dog has two assholes... and you're
one of them.

Take that to a vet.

Cheers! - I'm just giving you the advice that the regulars here dish
out daily to every post, so expect to be demonized and then asked if
you are a vet.


Cheers back at you. I'm just giving you the response that you're
begging for. Expect more of the same for similar behaviour.

In article ,
Brian O'Blivion wrote:
You know something sport? Your dog has two assholes... and you're one
of them.

He shoots, he scores.

Anyway, I tend to think you're being fed a load. A "Bugg"
isn't really a breed in that what you get when you
crossbreed two dogs is pretty much of a crapshoot. You
might get a dog that looks like a Boston and behaves like a
Pug, a dog that looks like a Pug and behaves like a Boston,
both, neither, etc. It takes a few (!!) generations to fix
breed characteristics well enough for a breeding to produce
predictable outcomes.

Dogs need a certain amount of attention, and none of them
will do well with none. None needs constant attention. You
can improve the chances of things going well by getting an
adult dog that's been housetrained, etc., and trying to be
realistic about what you can do versus what the dog needs.
I'd guess that most people who have dogs work outside the
home, so obviously it can be done with great success. If it
were me I'd stay far, far away from the "Bugg" thing,
though.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community

Brian O'Blivion wrote:
"Phil L" wrote in
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Brian O'Blivion wrote:
"Phil L" wrote in
news:zAkjl.31732$Sp5.3874 @text.news.virginmedia.com:

Brian O'Blivion wrote:
Hi all,

I've been looking at getting a bugg (boston terrier/pug cross) but
I've been told this cross breed needs more attention than I can
give it.

This sounds a little hokey to me.

I'm a single guy who works full time so five days out of the week
I'm out of the house for 8 hours. I can provide a dog-sitter for
the first month or so. I can provide lots of stimulating doggie
toys in a reasonably sized exercise pen.

Can anyone tell me if I'm being fed a load of horse hockey or is
this really a legitimate concern?

take it to a vet.


HTH


You know something sport? Your dog has two assholes... and you're
one of them.

Take that to a vet.

Cheers! - I'm just giving you the advice that the regulars here dish
out daily to every post, so expect to be demonized and then asked if
you are a vet.


Cheers back at you. I'm just giving you the response that you're
begging for. Expect more of the same for similar behaviour.

Are you qualified to make that statement? - where did you train? how long
have you held your qualifications? and hundreds more useless replies
etc....they'll be along soon, when they've finished with the peroxide.

--
Phil L
RSRL Tipster Of The Year 2008

"Brian O'Blivion" wrote in message
.. .
Hi all,

I've been looking at getting a bugg (boston terrier/pug cross) but I've
been told this cross breed needs more attention than I can give it.

This sounds a little hokey to me.

I'm a single guy who works full time so five days out of the week I'm out
of the house for 8 hours. I can provide a dog-sitter for the first month
or so. I can provide lots of stimulating doggie toys in a reasonably
sized
exercise pen.

Can anyone tell me if I'm being fed a load of horse hockey or is this
really a legitimate concern?

Will it be a puppy or an adult? Does the 8 hours include travel time?
I'm assumimg a dog sitter is someone who stays for most of the day. It
might be cheaper to hire a dog walker long term.
Alison

(Melinda Shore) wrote in news:gmklms$rps$1
@panix2.panix.com:

In article ,
Brian O'Blivion wrote:
You know something sport? Your dog has two assholes... and you're one
of them.

He shoots, he scores.

Anyway, I tend to think you're being fed a load. A "Bugg"
isn't really a breed in that what you get when you
crossbreed two dogs is pretty much of a crapshoot. You
might get a dog that looks like a Boston and behaves like a
Pug, a dog that looks like a Pug and behaves like a Boston,
both, neither, etc. It takes a few (!!) generations to fix
breed characteristics well enough for a breeding to produce
predictable outcomes.

Dogs need a certain amount of attention, and none of them
will do well with none. None needs constant attention. You
can improve the chances of things going well by getting an
adult dog that's been housetrained, etc., and trying to be
realistic about what you can do versus what the dog needs.
I'd guess that most people who have dogs work outside the
home, so obviously it can be done with great success. If it
were me I'd stay far, far away from the "Bugg" thing,
though.

Thanks for the reply.

Yeah I had the feeling that I was initially talking to the canine
equivalent of the 'crazy cat lady'. She was horrified that I would want
one of her pups and not have someone all but constantly at its side.

Insofar as the 'bugg' thing goes though... I did a bit of research on
both Boston terriers and pugs. Either breed sounds great to me so I'm
not too worried about the 'crapshoot' as you say. Regardless of how the
pup turns out I'm sure I'll be pleased.

"Phil L" wrote in
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Brian O'Blivion wrote:
"Phil L" wrote in
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Brian O'Blivion wrote:
"Phil L" wrote in
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Brian O'Blivion wrote:
Hi all,

I've been looking at getting a bugg (boston terrier/pug cross)
but I've been told this cross breed needs more attention than I
can give it.

This sounds a little hokey to me.

I'm a single guy who works full time so five days out of the week
I'm out of the house for 8 hours. I can provide a dog-sitter for
the first month or so. I can provide lots of stimulating doggie
toys in a reasonably sized exercise pen.

Can anyone tell me if I'm being fed a load of horse hockey or is
this really a legitimate concern?

take it to a vet.


HTH


You know something sport? Your dog has two assholes... and you're
one of them.

Take that to a vet.

Cheers! - I'm just giving you the advice that the regulars here dish
out daily to every post, so expect to be demonized and then asked if
you are a vet.


Cheers back at you. I'm just giving you the response that you're
begging for. Expect more of the same for similar behaviour.

Are you qualified to make that statement? - where did you train? how
long have you held your qualifications? and hundreds more useless
replies etc....they'll be along soon, when they've finished with the
peroxide.


Okay junior ... This was amusing at first but now daddy's bored with
you.

I'd like to apologize to the group for feeding the troll.

Junior... don't change your addie... plonk